Kimball: 'Liberty loving Republicans' must reject Horn coronation

Former New Hampshire Republican State Committee chair and tea party activist Jack Kimball is urging supporters to run actively support someone other than Jennifer Horn to be the next NHGOP chair.

This week U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte and the state Republican Party establishment worked hard to convince current chair Wayne MacDonald to step aide, for Horn to announce her bid a few hours later, and for all others who were thinking about running for chair to drop their bids.

The last person to drop consideration is NHGOP vice chair Cliff Hurst, of Manchester. After hearing that news Kimball sent a blistering e-mail to his former supporters asking them to fight the effort to install Horn in as chair.

"Well, just when you think things couldn't get worse for the GOP, they just did," Kimball wrote. "A great candidate for State GOP Chair (Cliff Hurst) was FORCED to drop out of the race to clear the way for the Five Families choice of Jennifer Horn. The NH GOP is now being run like a satellite of the Russian Federation. Hell, why bother having a convention at all?"

Of course there is some history here. Kimball won a close election to become party chair over an establishment pick that was attempted to be shoved down the throats of the base like what is happening now. Ironically, after Kimball won he installed Horn to be his transition chair. But he has been at odds with Horn because he believes she stabbed him in the back when a successful coup attempt forced him to resign his seat in September 2011.

"All fair-minded, liberty-loving Republicans MUST reject what is happening here. The only people who should be choosing our next NH GOP Chair are the 500 eligible voters on the State Committee," Kimball said. "They should have the opportunity to evaluate all candidates in a free and fair election and then vote for whomever they think would be best for our party and our state and once that decision is made, we all unite behind the winner and get back in the fight. Instead, the deck is now stacked. Want to know why our country is in the mess it's in? It's partially because of things like this."

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